Round Errors in Bibliography?

[dalfonso01]

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mov eax,[HexStr]
What is placed in EAX here is the address given to the variable HexStr when
the program is loaded into memory

Hi,
after trying to give a sense to this statement, I realized that this is wrong.
What is moved in eax are the first 4 letters of HexStr .
mov ebx,HexStr gives in ebx the address of HexStr , where the value now in eax is located.

There are many of this errors in Duntemann book, and it is the 3rd edition. This is a major problem when one is starting on a subject of this kind and has to confront with doubts created by such kind of misspelling.

Thanks
Fabio D'Alfonso

[Frank Kotler]

We all make mistakes. Jeff's just proving that he's human. I agree that beginners trying to learn don't need the added confusion that mistakes like that cause!

How'd you like that CRC book you mentioned?

Best,
Frank

[dalfonso01]

Hi,
from Sivarama book:

                  lea EBX, [array+ESI]

to load EBX with the address of an element of array whose index is in the ESI register. However,

we cannot write

                 mov EBX, [array+ESI] ; illegal                                         ILLEGAL???

as the contents of ESI are known at assembly time.

Please call 911, I see this things here an there.

[Frank Kotler]

Dr. Dandamudi is apparently deceased and won't be correcting the errors in his book, if any. I have not read his book(s). I do not have source code for his library. I have disassembled the Linux version of his library. I put it on the roses to make 'em bloom.

Best,
Frank